Jake the Barber Factor freed after kidnapping ordeal
International financier John Factor known as Jake the Barber says he paid 50000 in tens and twenties for release from a 12 day captivity. He returned to his Chicago hotel exhausted and in serious condition after the kidnapers had demanded more money and threatened death and disfigurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John
Jake the Barber
United Press
U.P
Factor
la Salle Street
la Grange
Pilot leaps to safety from burning Barksdale plane
Lieut. John Gebelin escaped from a burning army pursuit plane at Barksdale Field 5,500 feet up during acrobatic training. He was found a mile from the wreckage with burns to the face and right arm as the aircraft tumbled and exploded, two machine guns detached, and debris scattered, including a rabbit found in fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
John Gebelin
Barksdale Field
Gebelin
Man Takes His Life at Orleans Hotel
Police report a man registered in a downtown New Orleans hotel committed suicide by poisoning. Silas Ferry Glessner, 49, left cremation wishes and asked ashes sent to his widow in Los Angeles. Notes indicate financial worries and mention his father James Glessner York, a lawyer and banker, would cover death costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Silas Ferry Glessner
West 30Th Street
Los Angeles
James Glessner
York
Glessner
Canaries, Snakes, and Short Sermons Brighten Local News
Local column recounts a canary’s death by a pet snake kept by H. H. Bowers, and Capt. W. L. Workman’s Mexico tales. Sergt. B. F. Wright to transfer to Alexandria. pastor at First Methodist shortens sermons to ten minutes. E M Steen injured in a horseback accident. Jonesboro Boys’ band praised at rodeo. visitors from Jonesboro attend in West Monroe. J A Biedenharn party stays at Barbizon Plaza in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Workman
Mexico
Mexico City
Louisiana
Huey Long
Shreveport
Sergt. B. F. Wright
United States Army
Alexandria
First Methodist
W. C. Scott
Jonesboro
West Monroe
Barbizon Plaza
Central Park South
New York City
J. A. Biedenharn
Roosevelt Civil Service Move Hits Democratic Hurdle
President Roosevelt proposed placing all postmasters under civil service affecting about 15 000 jobs. Senator McKellar predicted the bill would fail in Congress as Democrats in the House study the move. Pending next session, future postmaster applicants will face civil service exams unless already qualified or commissioned.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Post Office Committee
Civil Service Committee
House Democrats
State police intensify Albany abduction probe
Albany authorities yield to O Connell family power as state police press the search for John J. O Connell Jr. abducted six days earlier. Troopers sweep Greene County highways while the brothers and father insist on direct handling of the case. Governor directs state involvement continuing on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
O'Connell Brothers
John J. O'Connell
Dan O'Connell
John J. (Selly) O'Connell
Auto accident fatal for girl in Shreveport area
Beverly Jane Wilcox 18 was killed instantly and three others injured when a car on the Hart's Island road near Pleasureville left the roadway and plunged off a bridge. Fred McCoy 21 survived with two broken ribs and possible skull fracture while S. E. Carpenter Louis Quarles and Mrs Quarles sustained injuries. Police surmised excessive speed caused the crash as tracks showed the car failed to negotiate a curve.
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Shreveport
Beverly Jane Wilcox
Pleasureville
Hart's Island Road
Here
Fred McCoy
Bossier City
S. E. Carpenter
Louis Quarles
Rogers Has His Say on Oklahoma Governor and Prohibition
Beverly Hills July 13. A reader comments on former Oklahoma governor Bill Murray and the National Guard used to block beer, predicts the U S army may be needed to enforce post vote restraint, and notes the London conference plan to extend talks two weeks to allow hotels to stall play and give the American delegation a golf chance against the Prince of Wales. The writer laments the forgotten delegation returning from the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Cal
Bill Murray
Oklahoma
National Guard
U. S. Army
London
Ouachita Parish Fails to Reach Reduction Goal
The Ouachita parish cotton acreage reduction campaign closes at midnight with 787 contracts signed for destroying 629 acres of cotton. Officials report 215 additional contracts awaiting inspections and landlords signatures, though not approved within the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
E. R. Strahan
Parish
Louisiana highway program awaits final federal approval
Baton Rouge officials reported the Louisiana highway commission awaited approval from the bureau of public roads for a $5,800,000 road program under the national recovery act. Chairman A. P. Tugwell said engineers had approved the plan after talks in Fort Worth, and bids on the $1,000,000 Bonnet Carre spillway bridge would likely be sought next week.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
A. P. Tugwell
Fort Worth
Texas
Federal District
Bonnet Carre
Guggenheim Yacht Fire Rescue At Block Island
Army officers report Col M Robert Guggenheim and five others rescued after their yacht caught fire off Block Island. They leaped into the water, life preservers were dropped from an Army plane, and all were rescued by an Army vessel and later treated at Fort Wright before transfer to Montauk Point.
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Fishers Island
N. Y
Fort Wright
Col. M. Robert, Guggenheim
Babylon
Block Island
Guggenheim
Army Hospital
Montauk Point
Coast Guard
M. Robert Guggenheim
Robert Guggenheim
Helen Allen
Henry W. Thomas
Army
William H. Wilson
William G. Rector
Air Corps
Rector
U S Moves to Tighten Trade Bonds After Conference
Washington signals a push to negotiate a series of trade agreements with Argentina Canada Mexico and Latin American nations as Secretary Hull returns to Washington Japan also shows interest. The conference closure prompts behind the scenes diplomacy to strengthen Western Hemisphere ties and set up future pacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Wesern
Cordell Hull
Washington
Argentina
Canada
Mexico
Hull
Towed Horseman Engagement Links Curtis Family to Bostwick
The engagement of Laura Elizabeth Curtis of New York, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Freeman Curtis, to noted horseman George Herbert Pete Bostwick was announced recently, with Associated Press photo coverage.
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Laura Elizabeth Curtis
James Freeman Curtis
New York
George Herbert
Pete” Bostwick
Associated Press
Lindberghs Grounded by Weather on Labrador Leg
In St John’s Newfoundland Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh are kept on the ground by cold wet foggy conditions as they delay departure for Cartwright Labrador on their aerial mapping expedition. Balbo’s Italian air armada departs Cartwright bound for Shediac amid a 800 mile Labrador coast flight on the way to Chicago.
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ST. John's
Newfoundland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Cartwright
Labrador
Italo Balbo
Shediac
N. B
Lindberghs
Halifax
Italy
Cartwright Harbor
Orbetello
Chicago
State and Treasury Departments Drain Public Funds
This article exposes the scale of spending in Louisiana state offices with the secretary of state payroll reaching fifty four staffers plus library support, and the state treasurer employing four aides. It notes quarter four 1932 deficits for the secretary of state, and outlines payroll figures and efforts by the tax revision committee to trim costs, which were largely rejected amid political concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
State Capitol
Secretary of State
E. A
Bob) Conway
State Library
New Orleans
James J. Bailey
Jessie Lee Cave
J. S. Cave
H. B. Connor
Cave
Baton Rouge
United States
H. C. Cornish
Percy E. Dupuy
Cotton campaign hailed as success by farm chiefs
Officials report the plan to cut cotton acreage may meet or exceed targets with potential reductions of 3,000,000 bales and possibly 4,000,000. Washington officials cite unity and intelligence in agriculture as the campaign closes with unofficial tallies promising large producer participation.
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Atlanta
Washington
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
South
Bodies of three men found in Texas river
Three missing men are identified as Jack Sturdivant J B Rutherford and Harry Rutherford after their bodies were found badly decomposed in the Trinity river Riverside Fort Worth Texas police press for confirmation of identities. Four men held in jail face charges in the triple murder investigation connected to a dispute over a 70000 Postal robbery outlay.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Trinity River
Riverside
Jack Sturdivant
Eula
J. B. Rutherford
Dallas
Harry Rutherford
Abilene
O. D. Stevens
Handley
Wrestler Killed in Car Accident Near Eutaw
Greek wrestler George Katsonaros of New York was killed when his car overturned near Eutaw Alabama while en route from Nashville to New Orleans where John Paul Jones of Texas was seriously injured. Jones later recovered enough to be moved to Eutaw for treatment as Katsonaros had been slated to face Jim Londos in Atlanta next Tuesday.
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Eutaw
Ala
George Katsonaros
New York
John Paul Jones
Texas
Nashville
New Orleans
Jones
Katsonaros
Jin
Jim Londos
Atlanta
Compromise Sought at World Economic Conference
The American delegation urged shorter work hours and wage rises matching inflation. Sam D. McReynolds presented the proposal to the economic commission amid efforts to mend a rift over central banking policy. Detailed discussions continued on currency reserves and silver usage. Professor Raymond Moley returned to New York from the London conference.
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London
Ameresican
Economic Commission of the
World Economic Conference
Sam D. McReynolds
Tennessee
United States
Hendric
Holland
Federal Reserve Board
Victor Kienbock
Austria
Federal Reserve
Key Pittman
Nevada
Pittsman
Probe of Death Appears Ended in Gulfport Case
The 18 year old Irene Moore Taconi was found dead on a Bay St. Louis seawall. A coroner’s jury returned an open verdict on suicide or homicide and the investigation was suspended until the September grand jury meets.
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Gulfport
Miss
Irene Moore Taconi
Bay St. Louis
Gulfport Daily Herald
W. W. Pierce
Mississippi
Shreveport Man Shot Dead by Railroad Agent
Robert Anderson, 31, of Shreveport, was shot to death near Prescott Arkansas after an argument on a freight train. The shooter, C W Cartwright of Little Rock a Missouri Pacific railroad special agent, claimed self defense after being attacked with a club. Anderson’s brother disputes the claim. Cartwright was jailed by Sheriff Pittman with a preliminary hearing planned.
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Prescott
Ark
Robert Anderson
Shreveport
C. W. Cartwright
Little Rock
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Anderson
Lonoke
Cartwright
Pittman
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DeSiard Road
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E. M. Steen
E. M
Prince of Wales
St. Louis
Memphis
Helena
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Cincinnati Seeeee
Cairo
Cumberland
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Red
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Eeetee
Civil Service
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Quachita Parish
U.S
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State
Treasury Departments
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Long
U. S
America
McReynolds
Moley
Nework
Raymond Moley
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